Chapter 14: Midnight Hide and Seek (3) “That person… is Fei. …
[Don't open the door! ! Brother Xiaoyuwen, you two must take some tonic medicine! (screaming)]
[Let me guess, is there someone under the bed or will there be a ghost scene when I open the door... Why the hell is this NPC going to open the door?!]
[Honestly, I shouldn’t open Zhuobo at night]
【Ah ...
Shi Yu was lying peacefully in bed, pulling the quilt up to cover his mouth, listening intently to the noises coming from outside. Suddenly, he heard footsteps on the stairs. He carefully pulled aside the curtains beside him and saw another roommate approach the door.
Wen Tingxu's bed was right opposite him. Shi Yu saw his friend lift a corner of the curtain, look at him and shake his head.
The roommate downstairs was still standing in front of the wooden door, not moving for a long time, as if he was wondering why his companion was doing something that was not in line with the rules. He should have gone to bed early like himself.
The person on the other end of the line probably became extremely impatient after waiting for too long. The knocks on the door came one after another, much more violent than the previous regular knocks. The violent noise made Shi Yu hold his breath involuntarily.
…The knocking stopped.
The door was closed again, and someone came in, dragging his feet to the table. After a slight and small sound, the man got on the bed without saying a word.
Gone…? Shi Yu thought this roommate was an NPC in charge of finding people, but he seemed exhausted from a day of classes. He changed his clothes without even bothering to change and went straight to sleep.
How can this person act like I'm going back to the dormitory after classes?
[The NPC didn't shower! Even if you're an NPC, you can't go to bed without showering! !]
Is there anyone who can help me, Brother Wen? My child is a little too relaxed and almost falling asleep.
The rapidly scrolling barrage of comments passed by in front of his eyes. Fei calmly took out an aromatherapy-style prop and placed it on the bedside. The light wooden fragrance spread out, silently disturbing his consciousness and urging him to fall asleep.
[Sleep Aromatherapy Remaining Usage Time: 00:59:58]
Fei sat on the edge of the bed with one foot on the stairs. The light from his mobile phone screen dispelled the darkness. He lowered his head and met the lifeless eyes of his paper-man roommate.
There was a faint unknown noise coming from the balcony, as if a sharp object was repeatedly scratching the glass. He tilted his head and saw that the heavy curtains were not drawn tightly, and a faint light penetrated the gap in the middle and fell to the ground.
He saw countless blood-red eyeballs stuck to the glass. Through this barrier, their pupils began to shrink rapidly in excitement as they sensed the gaze of their prey.
Obviously, the source of the noise had nothing to do with these eyeballs. Fei passed by his paper-made roommate who was still thinking. He walked towards the glass door of the balcony, unlocked the window and pushed open the door. The empty balcony was filled with only thick, surging darkness.
The flowing darkness gathered into a tall and thin shadow, with only slender limbs vaguely visible. The strange body proportions made people's hair stand on end. It was too similar to humans and yet extremely incongruous. The strong inhuman feeling brought a terrifying sense of oppression.
The corners of its mouth raised in a stiff arc, imitating the smile of a normal person, and it pieced together a phrase with jumbled words.
"I caught you. I lost."
It stretched out its arms. According to the rules, it had the right to eat and could then feast on the discovered hider, but the human in front of it took the initiative to extend his hand.
There was no trace of fear on his face, and the darkness that coated the entire night seemed to have subdued its ferocious restlessness, wrapping obediently around him, extending like vines, wrapping around his fingertips, and covering that piece of cold white skin.
Fei successfully controlled the black mass that formed the tall, thin monster. After the monster disappeared, he curled his lower lip and said, "Now I am the captor."
The system's previous joke had become reality, so fast that it didn't even need to wait for the next strange story, it was implemented right here. It had a bad feeling, "Isn't this a bit too wild? You won't do this again in the future, will you?"
"Maybe." Fei's answer was still vague. As the new arrester, he walked out of the dormitory slowly with the face of Shi Yu's roommate on his face.
[Remaining usage time of sleep aromatherapy: 00:52:47]
He glanced at the remaining effective time of the prop. As long as the noise was not too loud and not as exaggerated as an earthquake, Shi Yu and the others would basically not wake up.
The headless men in the corridor originally regarded him as a target of attack, but now they all ignored Fei and wandered around aimlessly.
[Hey no! What are you doing, you bastard?! The screen suddenly went black and I thought my phone was black.]
[This isn't right. This isn't right. Xiaoyu and Wen Ge fell asleep for no apparent reason? No? Did someone cast a sleeping spell on our protagonists?]
[The Hidden Operations Department and Yangmei: That’s not very polite.]
Fei was about to go to the lecture hall, and on the way he took a moment to read the comments. There was no mention of him using props or killing monsters, so it must have been left out. He hadn't asked about it before because he thought the system probably wouldn't tell him, but he was still curious.
Is the story that happened here being retold in the form of comics, or is the content of the comics realized in his world?
Most likely it has something to do with the Surveillance Bureau.
He didn't want to dwell on it any further; the implications might be far more complex than he'd imagined. The lecture hall where the Operations Department had found the rules happened to be on the same campus as Shi Yu and the others' dormitory building. Fortunately, Fei didn't have to spend too much time traveling.
When he arrived there, Xiao Song was still sleeping peacefully in a secret corner backstage, unaware of the chaos in the outside world.
The lecture hall could actually be considered a semi-safe spot; the Operations Department should find it soon. Fei woke Xiao Song and told the dazed young man to retreat into a nearby cabinet and remain silent.
Fei knew that Xie Jianshan and Lin Yuan were outside. The rules of the ghost story field were not fixed. Even if they did not hide, the BOSS would not jump to kill them directly. However, the monsters responsible for hunting them were not so easy to deal with. Choosing to expose oneself was a bad idea.
Just as he thought, the members of the Operations Department did not stay in their original places. Instead, they avoided the scattered monsters and moved forward cautiously.
Xie Jianshan frowned, feeling as if he had missed something. So he leaned forward a little and silently mouthed to Lin Yuan, who was watching from a distance, "Where's Xiao Song?"
Lin Yuan then realized that something was wrong. Her eyes froze, and the two of them looked at each other at the same time. Xie Jianshan gritted his teeth and started making gestures, "Find it, find it quickly, it will be troublesome if Xiao Song violates any hidden rules again."
Next to them was the teaching building, with classrooms and a lecture hall on the first floor. They took advantage of the moment when the monster turned to hide in the deeper shadows along the wall. The hoarse scream gradually faded away, and the drum-like heartbeat finally calmed down a little, but soon began to vibrate in the chest again.
It was the sound of footsteps very close.
It seemed as if it was deliberately dragging its steps, sounding particularly dull, and it was approaching here step by step with tense nerves, as if it knew someone was hiding, but still wanted to tease him deliberately, just to enjoy the ugly appearance of its prey lingering on.
Unable to stay here any longer, Xie Jianshan took Lin Yuan and retreated to the other side. Fortunately, they were lucky, as there was a staircase connecting to the teaching building at the end.
The footsteps also followed them into the narrow path, and it was obvious that they had already been aware of the two people's whereabouts.
Faint noises could be heard from the corridor above; it was equally unsafe. Xie Jianshan suddenly remembered the third rule regarding homecoming speeches: if returning students weren't used to the school's overly enthusiastic reception, they could wait in the lecture hall's lounge.
What warm hospitality? Xie Jianshan thought expressionlessly, could it be the passion of these monsters for delicious food? It was hard for them to think about it for a long time and still not be able to figure out what it meant.
"Find the lecture hall," Xie Jianshan reminded in a low voice. Lin Yuan instantly understood what he meant. She touched the cold wall beside her and tore open a crack that overlapped with the wall tiles. It was a little difficult to see in the darkness. "Alright, Captain."
The footsteps were getting closer, and Lin Yuan quickly opened the dark crack until it was large enough for two people to enter and exit. If things went wrong, she would immediately take people to hide in.
The next second, she saw a young man who was different from the twisted monster appear in her field of vision. His profile could be described as handsome and looked extremely normal.
As if he felt the gaze from the corner, he slowly turned his head and stared at them. He stopped and tilted his head to reveal a strange smile. His lips moved up and down, and he silently squeezed out a few words, "Hello."
Xie Jianshan's scalp went numb. This ordinary-looking young man made him feel extremely frightened, as if an unknown ghost story that shouldn't exist had descended upon him, right in front of him. His sixth sense, which had sounded the alarm, was screaming at him to flee quickly.
Lin Yuan, who came out of his trance first, quickly grabbed Xie Jianshan's wrist and pulled him into the crack.
It was not until the overwhelming white light suddenly appeared, causing Xie Jianshan to close his eyes involuntarily, that he came back to his senses from that blank state of mind. After adapting to the bright light, he began to look around. This was indeed a lecture hall.
"Captain, if I'm not mistaken, that person just now should be Shi Yu's roommate." Lin Yuan frowned, "He has retained his original appearance and seems different from the monster we saw."
Xie Jianshan didn't reply. He was silent for a moment before he denied her words, "He's not a monster NPC in the dungeon."
"That person... is Fei."
[Vocal's words just now almost scared me to death. I got goosebumps all over my body. And you're saying that's my husband, whom I've never met? Excuse me?]
What? Who? Fei?
[Hahahahaha oops, I seem to be dazzled, look at what’s going on]
I don't know why, but I believe in Captain Xie (). He's the best at intuition in our comics after all.
[I feel like Captain Xie is the true prophet in a sense... Captain Xie's perception is like a buff.]
[By the way, is no one paying attention to our Captain Xie's reaction just now... I feel like the forums are about to start analyzing it again. I've never seen Captain Xie look so panicked.]
[After all, he is the only big player who has cleared the Kaidan game. Kaidan is suppressed by Fei, not to mention others. It is normal that the oppression is comparable to that of a terrifying BOSS :)]
"Fei? He's pretending to be Shi Yu's roommate?" Lin Yuan was a little surprised and confused. She was confused about why Fei did this. She didn't doubt Xie Jianshan. Facing a partner who had been through countless hardships with her, she chose to trust him without hesitation.
Xie Jianshan responded, not knowing what to say. In the end, he just shook his head and said, "I don't know why he did this, but it looks like he is the one who is holding him captive."
This identity of a captor, which is equivalent to a time bomb, is actually the safest identity for Fei.
Maybe that’s why.
...But this time Xie Jianshan was only half right.
"Wow, you're so mean!" The system, having witnessed the entire process, watched Fei, unable to move, sit down on the stairs to rest, quite careless. It couldn't help but yell, "The stairs are dirty, and they just walked on them! Don't sit here!"
Fei was too lazy to move, his face full of indifference, "I have to do the laundry today anyway, let's not worry about this."
[…Then I don’t care about you anymore.]
Although he said he didn't care, seeing Fei looking like he was waiting for someone, the system quickly started talking to him again, "Who are you waiting for? I remember the Kaidan BOSS triggering time wasn't 11 o'clock, why isn't it here yet?"
"You want to know?"
Fei raised his eyes. The dim streetlights illuminated the upright figure not far away. He smiled and said, "You'll know when he comes over. I think you've probably already guessed it."
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